New UK visa system slammed
Richard Sudan
Press TV, London
The UK government has unveiled its controversial new immigration policy, similar to the Australian points style system, which will aim to reduce the amount of so-called low-skilled workers entering the UK, in some cases requiring earnings of at least 26,000 pounds annually, and academic qualifications.
The Home Office estimates that under the new rules, around 70% of EU migrants currently in the UK, would not qualify, under the new system.
On Thursday, Londoners continued to react to the new immigration plans laid out by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel.
While Priti Patel has been scrutinized heavily for the Home Office’s new points style system, so too has Boris Johnson who many view as playing a key role in fostering the current environment towards migrants, which many people characterize as hostile.
While many in the British public might have believed that following Brexit, the discourse around immigration would subside, with the new Home Office points based system, and ongoing controversies with the Windrush scandal, it seems likely that migration to the UK will remain a hot topic for some time.
The Home Secretary’s post-Brexit immigration policy has come under heavy criticism not least because bizarrely under the new rules Priti Patel’s own parents would not have been able to enter the country.
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